Prairie in Progress
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Prairie in Progress is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Clarks Mound stands 196 m to the south, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 0.3 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 5.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 7.7 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
Overlooks nearby
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 6 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 · 7 mi
- Mississippi River Overlook · 7 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gates 3 and 4 · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center: 0.0 mi
- City Museum: 3.8 mi
- Katherine Dunham Museum: 5.0 mi
- Laclede's Landing Wax Museum: 7.0 mi
- Museum at the Gateway Arch: 7.2 mi
- Collinsville Jaycee Sports Complex: 2.0 mi
- Village of Caseyville Park: 2.1 mi
- Lions Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Morris Hills Park: 2.4 mi
- American Legion Post 961 Park: 2.4 mi
- Radish: 2.9 mi
- Steele: 4.9 mi
- Brick Turtle: 6.7 mi
- River Wall Art: 6.7 mi
- Missouri Tall Grass: 6.8 mi
- World's Largest Catsup Bottle: 4.2 mi
- Gateway Arch Riverboats: 7.1 mi
- Bel Air drive in sign: 7.4 mi
- Town & Country Motel sign: 7.7 mi
- Mustang Corral: 7.8 mi
- American Legion War Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Saltue to Steel: 6.3 mi
- Lewis and Clark in Illinois: 6.5 mi
- Big Mound Monument: 6.9 mi
- The Captain's Return: 7.0 mi
- Culinary Garden: 7.4 mi
- Woodland Garden: 7.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 7.4 mi
- Play Garden: 7.4 mi
- Hebert Street Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 2.7 mi
- Poag Sand Prairie: 9.4 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 10.5 mi
- Willam C Drda Woods Nature Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Bohm Woods Nature Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Whispering Willow Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 11.4 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Monks Mound: 0.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 0.8 mi
- Fox Hill: 4.4 mi
- Clarks Mound: 5.3 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 6.9 mi
- Headwaters: 10.7 mi
- Falling Spring: 11.0 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 11.4 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 11.7 mi
- Bellefontaine Spring: 14.6 mi
- Wise Falls: 11.4 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 11.9 mi
- Beaver Falls: 20.1 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 23.0 mi
- Gateway Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Homestead Rest Area - Northbound: 18.2 mi
- Homestead Rest Area - Southbound: 18.7 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.2 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area - Westbound: 22.0 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 11.7 mi
- Broadway: 13.4 mi
- Machens: 22.6 mi
- Wilkie: 24.4 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 15.2 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie in Progress. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Mound | S 187° | 196 m | 5.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SE 146° | 185 m | 15.4 mi |
| Fox Hill | NE 39° | 182 m | 4.4 mi |
| Browns Mound | ENE 68° | 174 m | 9.0 mi |
| Berger Hill | E 100° | 171 m | 16.5 mi |
| Neudeckers Mountain | ENE 57° | 171 m | 17.0 mi |
| Haubers Hill | SSE 149° | 166 m | 20.5 mi |
| Art Hill | W 265° | 165 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia ST Louis Dwtn AP, 8 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer68 obs
- musk thistle46 obs
- Great Egret45 obs
- Purple Martin31 obs
- Black Swallowtail31 obs
- Little Blue Heron28 obs
- Common Buckeye24 obs
- American persimmon22 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1075192422
Day trips start here
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 0 mi
- Fairmont City · 2 mi
- Collinsville · 4 mi
- East St. Louis · 5 mi
- Granite City · 6 mi
- Cahokia · 9 mi
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